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keyboard

[ kee-bawrd ]

noun

  1. the row or set of keys on a piano, organ, or the like:

    I was playing piano before my feet could reach the pedals or my fingers could cover a chord on the keyboard.

  2. a set of keys, usually arranged in tiers, for operating a typewriter, computer, cash register, or the like, or a digital representation of the same on a touchscreen used to type on a device such as a smartphone or tablet:

    I spilled coffee on my keyboard, and now the return key sticks so my documents are full of extra line breaks.

  3. any of various musical instruments played by means of a pianolike keyboard, as a piano, electric piano, or organ:

    You basically need four people to start a rock band鈥攕omeone on lead guitar, bass guitar, drums, and keyboard.



verb (used with or without object)

  1. Also key in. to enter (data) into a computer by means of a keyboard:

    If you can get changes keyboarded by Monday, we should still be able to make the project deadline.

  2. to set (text) in type, using a machine that is operated by a keyboard.

keyboard

/ 藞办颈藧藢产蓴藧诲 /

noun

    1. a complete set of keys, usually hand-operated, as on a piano, organ, typewriter, or typesetting machine
    2. ( as modifier )

      a keyboard instrument

  1. often plural a musical instrument, esp an electronic one, played by means of a keyboard
鈥淐ollins English Dictionary 鈥 Complete & Unabridged鈥 2012 Digital Edition 漏 William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 漏 HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

verb

  1. to set (a text, etc) in type, onto magnetic tape, or into some other medium, by using a keyboard machine
鈥淐ollins English Dictionary 鈥 Complete & Unabridged鈥 2012 Digital Edition 漏 William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 漏 HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Derived Forms

  • 藞办别测藢产辞补谤诲别谤, noun
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Other 亚洲网紅露点 Forms

  • 办别测路产辞补谤诲路别谤 办别测路产辞补谤诲路颈蝉迟 noun
  • 谤别路办别测路产辞补谤诲 verb
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亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins

Origin of keyboard1

First recorded in 1810鈥20; key 1 + board
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He really wanted to play a lot of keyboards, but he was used to getting s鈥 from Roth and Al about it.

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Blackberry, for example, dominated the market with a device that paired a phone with a physical keyboard 鈥 until Apple introduced its groundbreaking iPhone with a touchscreen.

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A defence barrister for McGreevy said his client was not a "political ideologue" but rather a "lonely keyboard warrior".

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It depicts him surrounded by his co-workers, managers and the cult of Kier Eagan's mythical figures as his hand floats above his keyboard, eyes squeezed shut.

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鈥淚 signed my Island deal on this organ here for good luck,鈥 Crockett says, running his fingers along a weather-beaten keyboard.

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